Omaha daily bee., 1887-12-05
OMAHA AND THE CONVENTION.
The Capital City Heartily Supports
the Metropolis.
LINCOLN COULD CARE FORA FEW
The Rate Test Cases TO BE Argued Be-
fore the Supreme Court-For
the Poor-Anotlfcr Rail.
road Incorporated.
fFRoM T1r nEE's LINCOLN DuREAU.

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me sen'.,iic"' II, 'nS p, o" .,,,,,ii.,a,, ,,,,,-
70 hololng inc next hatIoiai i'puo,'~oo' ~
vention in Omaffa ia of but one character,
and that is the hope that Omaha may be sue
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otaVe 'o"'na' WIN !, ono ~ .''e ~ oo'i.o ~
selected by the Omaha parties, mas gone 10
Washington, and Hon. G.. NJ. Lambertson, of
,his c;tv will be Glad To add whatever he
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.a'i y" 'nc par w ono ."p,", NJ, wy =. = -,
the location IN NcofasKa. Ihe people hcrc
are not slow in recognizing the benefit it will
bc In Nebraska to have the convention
,,,;,b;n tho atotc and tbere "a no local ieal.
M ".n'. ...;a.a. '" ,no a,,oa,,on p.onIc
ousS III cAi''ehoo oi ."o iu,'''i
nero enter heartny iito Ihe u'euho"'1
why the convention should come west and
why Omaha is good place for its meeting,
and in the event of its coming the capital
city will be in line to do its part on behaii or
the state entire in making the convention
success If an overflow should occur, II ride
of an hour and thirty minutes can put five
hundred people in Lincoln fU night where
the best of accommodations will be open.
THE RATE TEST CASES.
Several important cases in the interests OF
the iobbing trade of Lincoln will be up for
hearing before the nters state commerce com
mission at Washington the present month,
and Attorney Lambertson is representing the
firms bringing the suits The test case will
be one brought by Plummer, Perry & Co.,
the wholesale grocers, who took the question
of California rates to Lincoln direct to the
commission, paying the freight cxactcd by
the Union Pacific under protest. This test
case for the commission is almost identical
with the case of Raymond Bros. & Co., tried
in the district court of this city the past
week, and which ended entirely to the dis
comfture of the Union Pacific. The plea of
the Union Pacific, that the state courts have
no authority, will be met by the coming test
case before the interstate commission, and,
Judging from the recent decision of tho com
mission in regard to the Wisconsin case, a
verdict is very probable for the Lincoln
Wholesalers The gist of the controversy is
that Lincoln wholesalers ask a pro rata
through rate from the Pacific coast proper
tionate to the distance, the same as Missouri
river points enjoy
THE RELIEF AND AID SOCIETY
Lincoln is no exception to the rule tha, the
poor are always with us, and the winter
months always give charitably disposed poo
ple opportunities to lend helping hand to
suffering humanity. The Lincoln relief and
aid society has heretofore done much good
work in this line and been of great assistance
to the city missionary, Elder Howe, who
looks after the Lincoln POOR Pursuant to
announcement last evening, all the churches
i'm the city united in union services at the
opera house in aid of the relief society The
programme for the evening was as follows
Music by the choir; scripture lesson, by Rev
E. II, Curtis, of the First Presbyterian
church: PRAYER Rev @. A. Williams of The
First Baptist church, music, by the choir
addresses by President Doris, of the relic
society DR. Marine. of ST. Pauls M. f.
church, and Hon Patrick Eagan; vocal solo
address by Mfs M. T.. Roberts: address b,
the cjty missionary, Elder Howe: recitation
address by Hon, j. w. Lansing, Anthem
collection for the relief fund; music by tn,
chopD.,nd conpregation The addresses wer
of n high order throughout, the attendance
large and the donations liberal
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
Articles incorporating the Kansas, Nc
with the secretary of state. This propose
road is to enter the state from the south i
Jefferson county, thence proceeding north
eastward through Gage, Johnson, Otoe, Cass
Lancaster, s,arpy, Saunders, Douglas, Dodge
Washington and Burt counties by the mos
practicable line to the town of Decatur, i
the last mentioned county on the Missoul
river. The capital stock ia fixed at s., 600
900, and when 10 per cent of the stock
subscribed the organization is to be pei
fectcd for commencement of business. Th
Indebtedness is limited to two-thirds the cap
tai stock and corporatiOn to commence -,
cember s The incorporators of the pr,
posed road are Arthur w. Dale, Charles s
Wilson, Frederick H. Plumer Lewis
Walker. r. Il. McCarkle, John S. Walter
and WilliamJ Connors.
THE CITY ROUNDUP
fudge Chairman returned to Plattsmout
Saturday evening and will be engaged tt
nrrscnt week in the session of the distri,
.nurt in Cass county Judge Field will co,
tinue court In this county during the wee